Charge-transfer dipole low-frequency vibronic excitation at single-molecular scale.

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) vibronic spectroscopy, which has provided submolecular insights into electron-vibration (vibronic) coupling, faces challenges when probing the pivotal low-frequency vibronic excitations. Because of eigenstate broadening on solid substrates, resolving low-frequency vibronic states demands strong decoupling. This work designs a type II band alignment in STM junction to achieve effective charge-transfer state decoupling.

1D Electronic Flat Bands in Untwisted Moiré Superlattices.

After the preparation of 2D electronic flat band (EFB) in van der Waals (vdW) superlattices, recent measurements suggest the existence of 1D electronic flat bands (1D-EFBs) in twisted vdW bilayers. However, the realization of 1D-EFBs is experimentally elusive in untwisted 2D layers, which is desired considering their fabrication and scalability. Herein, the discovery of 1D-EFBs is reported in an untwisted in situ-grown two atomic-layer Bi(110) superlattice self-aligned on an SnSe(001) substrate using scanning probe microscopy measurements and density functional theory calculations.

Realizing nearly-free-electron like conduction band in a molecular film through mediating intermolecular van der Waals interactions.

Collective molecular physical properties can be enhanced from their intrinsic characteristics by templating at material interfaces. Here we report how a black phosphorous (BP) substrate concatenates a nearly-free-electron (NFE) like conduction band of a C monolayer. Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals the C lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) band is strongly delocalized in two-dimensions, which is unprecedented for a molecular semiconductor.